The Africa Live Data Base : Statistics for Development

The Africa Live Data Base : Statistics for Development

The Africa Live Database (LDB) is a user-friendly computer-based data tool that consists of: a) a Local Data Base--a tool for in-depth economic work; b) query-- a tool for storing and manipulating economic and sectoral variables; and c) Africa brie...

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Main Author: World Bank
Format: Brief
Language:English
Published: Washington, DC 2012
Subjects:
CAPACITY BUILDING
CLIENT COUNTRIES
CONNECTIVITY
DATA COLLECTION
DATA MANAGEMENT
DECISION-MAKING
DOCUMENTS
E-MAIL
E-MAIL ADDRESS
ENTRY
FOCUS GROUPS
GRAPHICS
INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY
INNOVATION
KNOWLEDGE MANAGEMENT
LEARNING
MAINFRAME
NEW TECHNOLOGY
PERFORMANCE INDICATORS
PROGRAMMING
QUERY
RESEARCHERS
RESULT
RESULTS
TARGETS
TEAM WORK
USER
USER GROUPS
USERS
Online Access:http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/1998/12/12892989/africa-live-data-base-statistics-development
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spelling okr-10986-98772021-04-23T14:02:47Z The Africa Live Data Base : Statistics for Development World Bank CAPACITY BUILDING CLIENT COUNTRIES CONNECTIVITY DATA COLLECTION DATA MANAGEMENT DECISION-MAKING DOCUMENTS E-MAIL E-MAIL ADDRESS ENTRY FOCUS GROUPS GRAPHICS INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY INNOVATION KNOWLEDGE MANAGEMENT LEARNING MAINFRAME NEW TECHNOLOGY PERFORMANCE INDICATORS PROGRAMMING QUERY RESEARCHERS RESULT RESULTS TARGETS TEAM WORK USER USER GROUPS USERS The Africa Live Database (LDB) is a user-friendly computer-based data tool that consists of: a) a Local Data Base--a tool for in-depth economic work; b) query-- a tool for storing and manipulating economic and sectoral variables; and c) Africa briefings-- presorted ready-to-use data. The system was developed by the Africa Region of the World Bank with two complementary goals in mind: 1) in the short term, to provide staff in the region with an efficient means of collecting, analyzing and manipulating economic and sectoral data; and 2) in the long term, to become the linchpin of a major effort for capacity building in African countries, aimed at upgrading local capacity in statistical data collection and analysis. This, combined with other initiatives, could then become a powerful tool for monitoring the impact of policy on development. The LDB responds to three sets of client needs: a) staff in the World Bank, b) users of statistical information in client countries, and c) other users of statistical information worldwide-- other donors, researchers, banks, etc. 2012-08-13T09:46:25Z 2012-08-13T09:46:25Z 1998-12 http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/1998/12/12892989/africa-live-data-base-statistics-development http://hdl.handle.net/10986/9877 English Africa Region Findings & Good Practice Infobriefs; No. 125 CC BY 3.0 IGO http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/igo/ World Bank Washington, DC Publications & Research :: Brief Publications & Research Africa
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topic CAPACITY BUILDING
CLIENT COUNTRIES
CONNECTIVITY
DATA COLLECTION
DATA MANAGEMENT
DECISION-MAKING
DOCUMENTS
E-MAIL
E-MAIL ADDRESS
ENTRY
FOCUS GROUPS
GRAPHICS
INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY
INNOVATION
KNOWLEDGE MANAGEMENT
LEARNING
MAINFRAME
NEW TECHNOLOGY
PERFORMANCE INDICATORS
PROGRAMMING
QUERY
RESEARCHERS
RESULT
RESULTS
TARGETS
TEAM WORK
USER
USER GROUPS
USERS
spellingShingle CAPACITY BUILDING
CLIENT COUNTRIES
CONNECTIVITY
DATA COLLECTION
DATA MANAGEMENT
DECISION-MAKING
DOCUMENTS
E-MAIL
E-MAIL ADDRESS
ENTRY
FOCUS GROUPS
GRAPHICS
INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY
INNOVATION
KNOWLEDGE MANAGEMENT
LEARNING
MAINFRAME
NEW TECHNOLOGY
PERFORMANCE INDICATORS
PROGRAMMING
QUERY
RESEARCHERS
RESULT
RESULTS
TARGETS
TEAM WORK
USER
USER GROUPS
USERS
World Bank
The Africa Live Data Base : Statistics for Development
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description The Africa Live Database (LDB) is a user-friendly computer-based data tool that consists of: a) a Local Data Base--a tool for in-depth economic work; b) query-- a tool for storing and manipulating economic and sectoral variables; and c) Africa briefings-- presorted ready-to-use data. The system was developed by the Africa Region of the World Bank with two complementary goals in mind: 1) in the short term, to provide staff in the region with an efficient means of collecting, analyzing and manipulating economic and sectoral data; and 2) in the long term, to become the linchpin of a major effort for capacity building in African countries, aimed at upgrading local capacity in statistical data collection and analysis. This, combined with other initiatives, could then become a powerful tool for monitoring the impact of policy on development. The LDB responds to three sets of client needs: a) staff in the World Bank, b) users of statistical information in client countries, and c) other users of statistical information worldwide-- other donors, researchers, banks, etc.
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title The Africa Live Data Base : Statistics for Development
title_short The Africa Live Data Base : Statistics for Development
title_full The Africa Live Data Base : Statistics for Development
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title_full_unstemmed The Africa Live Data Base : Statistics for Development
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